pālala
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Central Pacific *paa-rara (“to toast, to expose to direct heat” – compare with Maori pārara “to bask in the sun” and Tahitian pārara “to roast meats, to soften banana leaves over an open flame”)[1] related to Proto-Polynesian *rara, from Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ (compare with Fijian rara (“to warm up in front of a fire”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ (compare with Malay dandang “boiler”, Tagalog dangdang and darang (“to roast on hot coals”).[2][3] Doublet of lala.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pālala
- feast
- gift or tribute to a chief
- housewarming gift
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “pālala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 308
- ^ Compare in “paa-rara” and “rara.1” in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online (2011). Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors.
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 294
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- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
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